National Rifle Association

Wall Street Journal Headlines

Donald Trump, who has seen Republican support for his candidacy deteriorate, has found a stalwart in one conservative institution: the National Rifle Association, which spent more than $26.8 million on ads promoting Mr. Trump.

A compromise proposal to prevent people on two government watch lists from buying guns immediately encountered some skepticism from both parties’ leaders and opposition from the National Rifle Association.

Voters in three states tightened access to firearms, approving ballot measures that require background checks in private sales, make it easier for police to temporarily seize guns from people deemed a threat and mandate permits for ammunition.

Hillary Clinton is making gun violence a central theme of her campaign, becoming the first leading presidential candidate to directly confront the National Rifle Association without the cover of a hunting license.

When pollsters asked people three decades ago how they felt about the National Rifle Association, 27% said they strongly supported the gun lobby. By last month, that share had grown 38%, an 11-point increase. Meanwhile, the share that didn’t side with the NRA declined.

Donald Trump appeared to deviate from gun-rights orthodoxy in the debate when he agreed with Hillary Clinton that people on terror watch lists should potentially be barred from buying guns. But he quickly aligned himself with the NRA.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is weighing a Washington law that requires anyone seeking a license to carry a concealed gun to show “a special need for self-protection distinguishable from the general community.”

The political arm of former Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords's gun-control group this week endorsed two GOP senators, reigniting a longrunning debate over whether groups focused on liberal issues advance their agenda by backing Republicans willing to cross the aisle.

Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s running mate, has a centrist record on economic issues, but his political ideology on social issues is often further to the left than his liberal critics at the Democratic convention suggest.

Democrats continued their dramatic takeover of the House floor Thursday as their push for new gun curbs extended into its second day even after resistant GOP leaders left Washington for more than a week.